I definitely used to write a lot at school. Comic poetry and drawings about people.

As a writer myself, my job has very often been to also write on the job. So you get the script and a vague idea of how the scene might work, and you then add funny words or change the script. I'm not the world's best writer or the world's best actor, but I can do that thing where I can fix - or ruin - fix-slash-ruin, add quirk, add value.

Once you have a Down's syndrome child, you can't conform. In a way, you're free.

Its quite confusing being one of the less wealthy people at a posh place.

I'm a big fan of community, and I think independence is over-rated.

I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.

The only way I'll ever run a marathon is if I'm involved in the administration.